Vice President, Product Management

The Vice President, Product Management is responsible for assisting with delivering a class-defining experience for the public facing look, feel and navigation for Ryan. They work as part of a team that defines, creates and lead the implementation and execution of innovative strategies that deliver a consistent and trusted experience for Ryan clients.

This role is perfect for a leader who has an ownership mentality for driving impact, pursues data-informed insights, focuses on customer empathy and product craft, and loves to learn and execute. To be successful in this role, you need to have a bias for action, and be comfortable guiding decision-making based on a combination of hard data and incomplete or ambiguous information. You understand how to balance long-term bets with quick wins.

Duties and responsibilities, as they align to Ryan's Key Results • Directly supervise a team of product managers as their reporting manager. • Create a positive team member experience. • Contribute to the overall growth of the product management team's capabilities, systems, processes working in conjunction with the Head of Product and peers on Product management team • Acts as a product subject matter expert for sales and sales support • Be responsible for direct interaction with business stakeholders, including, but not limited to, eliciting comprehensive business requirements, use cases, and recommending appropriate solutions. • Collaborate with User experience team to design user interface and user flows • Ensure stakeholder satisfaction. Test success by leading focus groups and assembling a client advisory committee. • Represent the product in the marketplace as the client-facing champion for the application and its capabilities. • Responsible for the development and execution of product strategy and roadmaps for specific tax domain working in conjunction with Head of Product, business stakeholders and product team • Build hypotheses and MVP scope to meet product goals and KPIs • Analyze product and business data to create data-driven insights and drive iterative development • Oversee efficient execution of product specifications including the user stories, requirements and functional specifications for development. • Work with development team to estimate work and execute against plan and own and maintain an organized product backlog. • Work with Development, QA, and Production Support teams to communicate, verify, and test the desired functionality changes. • Facilitate cross-functional design sessions. • Set development priorities to ensure the product delivers the maximum business value with the minimum time to market. • Be responsible for overall product quality

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. Minimum of 10 years of direct work experience in a product management capacity. Experience breaking problems down into component parts, analyzing data and creating hypotheses and MVPs against stated goals. Experience working across agile-based Software Development Lifecycle and processes.

Preferred Qualifications: • Anticipates and proactively delivers expected results for executive leadership team • Effectively solves problems • Streamlines and improves processes • Demonstrates initiative and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility • Advanced written, visual and verbal communication skills • Superior attention to detail • Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness • Sense of urgency • Demonstrates willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities • Thrives working both independently and in a team-based environment • Strong multitasking and organizational skills

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have advanced skills in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses:

Valid driver's license required.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Requires supervisory responsibilities, including managing projects, training employees, assigning work, and making sound business decisions while representing the Firm.

Work Environment: • Standard indoor working environment. • Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer. • Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 30 lbs. • Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm, clients, and interface with external vendors as necessary.

Travel:

Independent travel requirement: 25%.

Compensation Pay Transparency: • For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For Maryland based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For other Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00 • The Firm makes offers based on many factors, including qualifications and experience. Roles may be eligible for incentive compensation.